Is it recommended to put gravel down before setting the pavers?
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In my opinion, that would be best. However, as long as the ground is level and compacted it will be fine. I didn't use gravel because that would have required more digging.
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It comes with a plastic base, I think you can drill holes in the plastic base to put stakes through to hold it down on the gravel. Or you can bury the whole base which is about 1.5" thick.
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If you have any gravel I don't think it would work to well. You could lift it up a little so that it doesn't throw the rocks.
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You are dealing with a mold that provides for a 2" depth of concrete which is more than generous enough for any walkway or any form of landscaping decor. It really isn't necessary to do much in the way of ground preparation. If your intent is to allow the grass to grow between the poured stones anyway, you could just mix a relatively stiff batch of concrete and pour it right on top of the grass. The only issue will be keeping the concrete from oozing between adjacent stones--thus forming one large pour that is only imprinted by the mold rather than segmented by the mold into a series of smaller pours--each representing one stone. This might be easier to accomplish with a small amount of course sand layered on top of the grass, dampened and smoothed over to provide a better point of contact with the bottom of the mold. Then just pour and finish. Pour the concrete relatively stiff and keep a hand-trowel handy for finish working of the stones after you've released them from the mold. It all goes pretty fast. Most of the effort is in mixing, pouring and finishing. The preparation stage is pretty much negligible from a time and effort perspective. Another alternative that I have used with the mold when dealing with oddly shaped landscape details is to pour the stones in a remote location to where they will eventually be placed. My backyard is largely flat and sandy--ideal to this task. So I set up a little assembly line where I poured multiple iterations of molded stones, finished them, let them cure about 24 hours, and then I lifted them off the sand where they were poured and relocated them to their intended final positions in the landscape.
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Hello, thank you for the email. At this time we do not have any picutres or plans to use this with pavers. Sorry about that. Thanks.
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with some practice. you need to keep the front slightly raised as you push. if the gravel is real loose you may have some issues but i do mine ok. its about 150'.
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Put in a layer of coarse gravel on the bottom so soil won't plug drain holes and water can move from soil through the gravel to drain holes. Tom
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I used sand and water. I would think pea gravel would work. After all you just need it for weight.
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Wouldn't be a bad idea although I lined mine with landscape fabric (bottom and up the sides) and put 2" of pea pebbles (not gravel) in the bottom before adding soil. It's gorgeous and works for me!
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Yes, as long as they are not compressed into the ground. I have an area with some #2 gravel that I have to avoid because it picks up some of the gravel also.
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I suggest avoiding stones of any size in the spreader. Pea gravel might fall through, but the goal is to only place soft organic matter in the spreader.
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Works very well on gravel, I guess that depends on the user. I own my own landscape company and have several. Very well built and a huge time saver. hope that helped.
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Yes, although I used pea gravel. I did not use water because of potential for leakage
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Yes, we just did a trial set up. The stakes are really sturdy so I would suggest a good mallet.
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I would do that but using small stones on bottom so there is some drainage for the soil to avoid saturation.
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I have mine placed just above the gravel. You need to measure the temperature of the water, not the gravel. Note it can be placed horizontally or vertically, so either way it doesn't take up much space.
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I did mine in the lawn but I would put down landscape fabric going up the insides to keep the dirt in as no cement is perfectly level.